Arthur de Laborde, edited by Yanis Darras
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07:45, February 07, 2023
Will the social concessions granted to the right melt away the savings supposed to be made thanks to the government’s pension reform plan? This is what part of the presidential majority and the executive fear, while the latest arrangements to obtain the favor of the Republicans, explode the bill.
And three! This Tuesday begins the third day of mobilization of the unions against the pension reform project proposed by the government. Nearly 200 gatherings are planned across France. But at the top of the state, we assure you that we do not believe in a dark scenario. “There will certainly be fewer people on the street this Tuesday,” predicts an adviser based on intelligence projections.
Within the executive, we now admit having lost the battle of opinion and we cling above all to one branch, that of the Assembly, to avoid a very perilous recourse to 49.3. The Prime Minister says she is “listening and ready” to further develop the project, under pressure from Republican deputies. Costly concessions have already been made for a month at a cost of nearly six billion euros in new social measures.
Minimal savings?
But that was without taking into account the extension of the long career system announced on Sunday by Elisabeth Borne. So, in the ranks of the majority, we begin to wonder if in the end, the reform will indeed generate 13.5 billion euros in savings by 2030 to make up for the deficit.
The government, meanwhile, ensures that it will release the means to finance all the concessions. But a Macronie heavyweight wonders: “What would we look like if we asked the French to work two more years for minimal savings?” If there is not yet an answer to this question, the opinion it continues to support the strike movement, two out of three French people approving the mobilization, indicated an Elabe / BFMTV poll published last week.